US: BOYCOTT THREATENED AT BURGER KING

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Burger King fast-food chain is being threatened by a boycott from black rights campaigner, the Rev Al Sharpton. He is intervening on behalf of La-Van Hawkins, who claims that Burger King wanted him as a franchisee for a deprived inner city only to go back on its word three-years later. Burger King is counter suing claiming that Mr Hawkins owes it more than US$ 6.5mn from a 1998 loan. Sharpton accused Burger King of racism by not allowing minority companies a portion of the business.

Eating places, Fast Food Restaurants, Limited-Service Restaurants, Burger King Corp., Hawkins, Van, Sharpton, Al

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Sheila Colman

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Sheep farmer Sheila Colman was born in London, England, in 1919. She began to raise sheep and cattle on a farm near Lancing, England, following her marriage in 1940. She later specialized in Southdown sheep.

Sheep and goats, Sheep Farming, Sheep, Obituary, Officials and employees, Livestock industry, Sheep ranchers, Colman, Sheila

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All things dark and decadent

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The history of the interpretations of the concept of decadence is traced. Decadence has now become synonymous with a heightened sensibility.

United Kingdom, Behavior Theory, Social aspects, Human behavior, Excerpt, Divinely Decadent (Book) (Book), Degeneration, Decadence

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